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Integrated Employability ServiceCommissioning April 2016
Rona HunterSenior Economic Development Officer
City of Edinburgh Council
Programme 4: Help unemployed people into work and learning
Priority areas for Council action:• Coordination of employability services
– Strategic Skills Pipeline– Get On Gateway– Third Party Grants – Challenge Fund– European Social Fund– Joined Up For Business
• Helping school leavers and young people make the transition into work– Edinburgh Guarantee– JET Programme– Inspiring Young People– Modern Apprenticeships– Capital Skills
• Early intervention on unemployment– Integrated Employability Hubs contract
• Supporting those in low paid or insecure employment– Subsidised Childcare contract– Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE)
• Supporting vulnerable individuals– Supported Employment contract– Project SEARCH
Integrated Service Model•The Strategic Skills Pipeline is the framework within which the city's Integrated Employability Service (IES) is organised.
•The aim is that local and national service providers collaborate to meet the "full" needs of our jobseekers and employers.
•The Get On Gateway provides integrated access to services.
•5 local Employability Hubs were commissioned to help ensure ease of access to services across the city.
Jobseekers Claimant Count
Male Female Total
Number rate number rate number rate
November 2012 7,321 4.4 3,432 2.0 10,753 3.2
November 2013 6,128 3.6 2,854 1.7 8,982 2.6
November 2014 4,317 2.6 2,093 1.2 6,410 1.9
IES Co-productionThursday 5th March at City Chambers
To help inform the specification for the commissioning of a new service from April 2016 onwards we would like to invite service providers to a co-production design opportunity.
– What is the need for this service?– Who should we be targeting?– What is the strategic fit to other provision in Edinburgh? – Anything else we need to consider?
IES Co-productionThursday 5th March at City Chambers
AGENDA 9.30am Registration and Tea and coffee10am Context presentation from Brian Martin10.30am Workshops with facilitatorsNoon Networking lunch1pm Feedback overview from workshops then short panel Q&A2pm Close
To book a place, email [email protected]
